Devices for dyeing, bleaching, and cool wave permanent curling of hair



Dec. 25, 1956 M. PETITTA 2,775,244

DEVICES FOR DYEING, BLEACHING AND COOL WAVE PERMANENT CURLING OF HAIRFiled D80. 30, 1953 Armed E) United States Patent DEVICES FOR DYEING,BLEACHING, AND COOL WAVE PERMANENT CURLING OF HAIR Mario Petitta, NewYork, N. Y., assignor to Clairol Incorporated, Stamford, Conn.

The present invention relates to a device for use in dyeing, bleachingor cool wave permanent curling of hair on a scalp.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a novel andimproved device for dyeing or bleaching a few strands of hair and isparticularly adapted for use where it is desired to have a lock of hair,usually at the frontof the head, dyed or bleached to a color which is incontrast with the rest of the hair and also adaptable for use inprocesses of cool wave permanent curling utilizing solutions to effectthe setting of curl formations.

Another object hereof is to provide a novel and improved tool of thecharacter described which carries a supply of dye, bleach or curlingsolution out of contact from the hair strands to be treated, and suchsolution is then applied to such strands after the latter is suitablymounted and encased by said tool.

A further object hereof is to provide a novel and improved appliance ofthe kind set forth, which is simple 7 in construction, cheap tomanufacture, easy to use and efficient in carrying out the purposes forwhich it is designed.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this disclosureproceeds.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figs. 1 is a perspective view showing a device embodying the teachingsof this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal View of said device of slightly modifiedconstruction.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken at lines 33 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section taken at lines 44 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 shows a part of this device which is common to both embodimentsillustrated. This part includes a syringe on whose tubular member thehair to be treated is mounted.

Fig. 6 shows said part of Fig. 5, associated with strands of hair on aladys scalp.

Fig. 7 shows a part which is used in the assembly when the device is tobe used for a curling operation.

Fig. 8 shows a part which is a vial or bottle member.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a means used to curl hair ends ofstrands would as a curl on the said tubular member of the syringe partof the device.

In the drawings, the numeral 15 designates generally any suitablesyringe structure including an elongated tube 16 at one end of which isany suitable means as for instance the manually collapsible resilientrubber bulb cap 17 for drawing a liquid into said tube and for ejectingsame therefrom when desired. Said tube 16 carries any suitable closuremeans as for instance the cap 18 for a vial 19. Said tubular member 16also carries any suitable means for securing hair strand-s 20. Suchmeans may be provided by having opposite longitudinal slits 21. Ifdesired, said tube may be perforated as at 22. For curling operations,the vial or bottle member 19 is preferably provided with a detachablemember on its mouth as an extension thereof, as for instance the nipple23, to serve as a means to secure the hair 20 at bottle cap region. Inthe embodiments illustrated, the closure cap 18 screws either onto themouth of the vial 19 orits extension piece 23. So that the entire lengthof the hair strands 20 from practically their roots shall be within thevial member 19, or 19 plus its extension 23, as the case may be, the cap18 is provided with a notch at 18 for said strands to lie through.

To practice this invention for the dyeing or bleaching of strands ofhair 20, the device shown in Fig. 2 is used as follows. After removingthe vial 19, the proper dye: ing or bleaching solution is drawn into thesyringe and if desired, the outer surface of tube 16 may be wiped dry.Protective rubber sheeting is placed on the scalp 24 as is well known inbeauty parlor procedure. The hair strands 20 to be treated, are placedthrough the notch 18' and the syringe is moved so that cap 18 is on thescalp at the roots of said hairs. Now the hair strands are mounted onthe tube 16 in any suitable fashion, but it is convenient to do so bywinding same thereon as a curl whose ends are secured in the slits 21 asshown in Fig. 6. The tube 16 with the hair thereon is now placed intothe vial 19 and the latter is then closed by the cap 18 which is screwedtightly thereon to pinch the hairs where they enter the said cap andeffect a watertight closure. Now bulb 17 is pressed whereupon the housedsolution is ejected into the vial. The vial is now swung vigorously inoscillatory movement about the axis ofiered by the hairs at root region.It is obvious that the hair strands 20 will be acted on by the solutionin the vial 19. Such shaking of the vial is continued for a period oftime as experience dictates as necessary to effect the dyeing orbleaching operation. The vial 19 with its contained liquid thereinremaining, is now re moved from the syringe whereupon a dryer may beapplied before detaching the treated hair strands. Adjacent hair strandsare now similarly treated until the whole lock of hair intended is dyedor bleached as the case may be. If the size of such lock permits, aplurality of these devices may be applied simultaneously.

To practice this invention for cool wave permanent curling, it ispreferred to use the device as shown in Fig. 1, which includes the useof the nipple 23 which acts as a stay for one end of the curl 25. Afterremoving the vial 19 and said nipple and separating them, the nipple ismounted either before or after the hair is curled about the tube 16, ifbefore, the hair strands are laced through the nipple. Since it isdesired in this instance to curl all of the strands including their veryends, such ends are not put through the slits 2.1, but are wound up andretained in wound up condition by use of the element 26 which is a tubefitting about the end of the long tube 16 and rotatable thereon. andremovable therefrom. The fingers 26 engage the strands of hair and windup the very ends of same and hold them so. The manipulations are thesame as described for dyeing, except that proper curl-setting solutionis used in the syringe, and only the vial 19 is removed to permitrinsing the treated curl with water; the nipple 23 continuing to serveas an anchor for scalp-end of the curl 25.

In the embodiments illustrated, :all components except the bulb 17, maybe of plastic, Bakelite, glass or other suitable materialwhich is notefiected by the solutions employed and dimensions are preferably suchthat there is a minimum of clearance within the vial when the device isin use.

If desired, bulb 17 may be omitted and the vial 19 filled throughopening 27 with the required solution by use of an eye dropper or largersyringe device.

This invention is capable of various forms and nu,

, t 3 merousapplications Without departing from the essential featuresherein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that theembodiments herein be deemed illustrative. and not restrictive and thatthe patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth;reference being hadto'thefollowing claims rather than the specificdescription herein to indicate the scope of'this invention.

1. In a hair treating device a casing having an open end, anelongated'open ended tubular member for mountingselecte'd strands ofhair for'treatment and enterablc into'the ca'singfora portion of itslength,,the unentered end thereof being accessible for the introductiontherethrough and into said casing of a treatment liquid, a closuremember mounted on the periphery of said tubular member, means at theentered end of said tubular member for securin'g'the free'ends of hairstrands leading f r'om'the scalp of a person being treated, a notch insaid closure member into'which the aforesaid strands of hair at'thescalp region may be entered, said hair strands at the zone of theclosure member notch being frictionally locked between the closuremember andthe open end ofthe'casing when the same are in juxtapositionwhereby the device as assembled may be suspended from the scalp by "suchlocked strands of hair.

2. A hair treating device in accordance with claim 1 wherein the closuremember is mounted on said tubular member intermediate the length of thelatter.

3. A hair treating device in accordance with claim 1, wherein thesecuring means on'the tubular member is rotatable for Winding the hairstrands on the periphery of. said tubular'me'mber.

4. A hair treating device in accordance with claim 1, wherein liquid fordischargeinto the tubular member and the casing is disposed'in aflexible reservoir mounted on the tubular member at the unentered endthereof.

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